• we recommend
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Links on the books we recommend are for our local bookstore, but you can find them in any library too.

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2024:

• LIES HE TOLD ME by James Patterson and David Ellis
• ANNIHILATION by Jeff VanderMeer
• LOVE YOU A LATKE by Amanda Elliot
• US by Terrence Real
• SPHERE by Michael Crichton
• THIS WILL BE FUNNY SOMEDAY by Katie Henry
• BREATH: THE NEW SCIENCE OF A LOST ART by James Nestor
• AMAZING GRACE ADAMS by Fran Littlewood
• KISSING GIRLS ON SHABBAT by Sara Glass
• THE WOMEN by Kristen Hannah
• IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover
• GO AS A RIVER by Shelley Read
• WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY by Michiko Aoyama
• FITNESS JUNKIE by Lucy Skies and Jo Piazza
• THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio
• MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE’S SORRY by Fredrik Backman
• REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt
• AMERICAN ROYALS IV: REIGN by Katharine McGee
• AMERICAN ROYALS III: RIVALS by Katharine McGee
• AMERICAN ROYALS II: MAJESTY by Katharine McGee
• AMERICAN ROYALS by Katharine McGee
• FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston
• THE RUMOR by Elin Hilderbrand
• MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• THE PANAMA PAPERS: BREAKING THE STORY OF HOW THE RICH AND POWERFUL HIDE THEIR MONEY by Bastion Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier
• HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD by Haruki Murakami
• THE COMPLETE STORIES by Flannery O’Connor
• THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM by Cixin Liu
• SUMMER SISTERS by Judy Blume
• UBIK by Philip K Dick
• SWING TIME by Zadie Smith
• BEFORE WE WERE INNOCENT by Ella Berman
• THE BOYS IN THE BOAT by Daniel James Brown
• WOMEN TALK MONEY by Rebecca Walker
• I’LL THINK IT, YOU SAY IT by Curtis Sittenfeld
• OUR LAST DAYS IN BARCELONA by Chanel Cleeton
• THE RULES OF MAGIC by Alice Hoffman

2023:

• THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS by Pip Williams
• TAKING OFF THE MASK by Dr Hannah Belcher
• TRIBAL LEADERDSHIP by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright
• WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY I’M AUTISTIC by Annie Kotowicz
• ODD GIRL OUT by Laura James
• THE ART OF SCALABILITY by Martin Abbott and Michael Fisher
• WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER by Sarah Hendrickx
• THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua
• HAPPINESS, A MEMOIR: THE CROOKED LITTLE ROAD TO SEMI-EVER AFTER by Heather Harpham
• SIMPLICITY PARENTING by Kim John Payne, M. Ed.
• QUICK TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITIES FOR BUSY MANAGERS by Brian Cole Miller
• SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid
• PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson
• HOUSE OF COTTON by Monica Brashears
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUICK START GUIDE by Chris Croft
• RITUALS FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS by Kürsat Özenc and Glenn Fajardo
• THE ADVANTAGE by Patrick Lencioni
• THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles
• ADULT CHILDREN OF EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE PARENTS by Lindsay C. Gibson
• GOOD STRATEGY, BAD STRATEGY by Richard Rumelt
• SLOW COOKED by Marion Nestle
• IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover
• I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai
• DAUGHTERS OF YALTA by Catherine Grace K.
• I WAS TOLD THERE’D BE CAKE by Sloane Crosley
• DON’T GO CRAZY WITHOUT ME by Deborah A. Lott
• THE SURGEON’S DAUGHTER by Audrey Blake
• HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano
• APPLES NEVER FALL by Liane Moriarty
• SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• FLIGHT by Lynn Steger Strong
• THE STORIED LIFE OF AJ FIKRY by Gabrielle Zevin
• TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin
• BODY AND SOUL by Frank Conroy
• WE WERE LIARS by e. lockhart
• THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• THIS TIME TOMORROW by Emma Straub
• THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• SWIMMING LESSONS by Claire Fuller

2022:

• MIKA IN REAL LIFE by Emiko Jean
• THE MATCHMAKER’S LIST by Sonya Lalli
• CARRIE SOTO IS BACK by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• I LOVE YOU RITUALS by Becky A. Bailey, PhD
• TELL THE WOLVES I’M HOME by Carol Rifka Brunt
• THE CODEBREAKER’s SECRET by Sara Ackerman
• EDUCATED by Tara Westover
• THE ART OF TRAINING YOUR DOG by The Monks of New Skete

• ANXIOUS PEOPLE by Fredrik Backman
• BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate
• THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

2021:

• AYURVEDA BEGINNER’S GUIDE by Susan Weis-Bohlen
• KILLING SACRED COWS by Garrett Gunderson
• THE CLEAN MAMA’S GUIDE TO A HEALTHY HOME by Becky Rapinchuk
• THE KETO RESET DIET by Mark Sisson

• THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett
• GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN by Talia Hibbert

• THE FIRST FORTY DAYS: THE ESSENTIAL ART OF NOURISHING THE NEW MOTHER by Helen Ou
• MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Laurie Gottlieb
• PARTY OF TWO by Jasmine Guillory

• PREGNANT GIRL by Nicole Lynn Lewis
• HUNT, GATHER, PARENT by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D.
• THE FOURTH TRIMESTER by Kimberly Ann Johnson
• NOMADLAND by Jessica Bruder
• ASK YOUR DEVELOPER by Jeff Lawson
• OH CRAP POTTY TRAINING by Jamie Glowacki
• DARK TERRITORY: THE SECRET HISTORY OF CYBER WAR by Fred Kaplan

• HELLO WORLD; BEING HUMAN IN THE AGE OF ALGORITHMS by Hannah Fry
• JUST LIKE YOU by Nick Hornby
• THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang

2020:

• JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL by Susanna Clarke
• FATHERISH by Clint Edwards
• AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman
• THE PHOENIX PROJECT by Gene Kim
• RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS by Kevin Kwan
• THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah
• OH CRAP! POTTY TRAINING by Jamie Clowacki

• A WORLD WITHOUT PRINCES by Soman Chainani
• HAPPIEST TODDLER ON THE BLOCK by Harvey Karp, MD
• THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL by Soman Chainani
• MAMALEH KNOWS BEST: WHAT JEWISH MOTHERS DO TO RAISE SUCCESSFUL, CREATIVE, EMPATHETIC, INDEPENDENT CHILDREN by Majorie Infall
• THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
• THE LIKE SWITCH by Jack Schafer
• CRIBSHEET by Emily Oster

2019:

• THE FIFTH TRIMESTER: THE WORKING MOM’S GUIDE TO STYLE, SANITY, & SUCCESS AFTER BABY by Lauren Smith Brody
• CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND by Kevin Kwan
• CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan
• YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE by Vicky Robin
• RAISING YOUR SPIRITED CHILD by Mary Sherry Kurcinka
• THE MAYO CLINIC GUIDE TO YOUR BABY’S FIRST YEAR
• THE HAPPIEST BABY ON THE BLOCK by Harvey Karp
• BE FRANK WITH ME by Julia Claiborne Johnson
• THERE THERE by Tommy Orange

2018:

• WOMEN & POWER by Mary Beard
• THE F WORD by Lily Pebbles
• MADE TO STICK by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
• THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE by Ann Patchett
• WHISKEY IN A TEA CUP by Reese Witherspoon
• THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Jones
• CIRCE by Madeleine Miller
• HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance
• LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng
• THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, and Teresa Pitman
• EROTIC STORIES FOR PUNJABI WIDOWS by Balli Kaur Jaswal
• KUBERNETES UP AND RUNNING by Brendan Burns, Joe Beda, and Kelsey Hightower
• TURN THE SHIP AROUND! by L. David Marquet
• THE ART OF RAISING A PUPPY by The Monks of New Skete
• HOME GAME: AN ACCIDENTAL GUIDE TO FATHERHOOD by Micheal Lewis
• A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA by Anthony Marra
• THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes
• AND NOW WE HAVE EVERYTHING by Meaghan O’Connell
• NOTES TO A SOFTWARE TEAM LEADER by Roy Osherove
• THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2016
• MISS KOPP’S MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS by Amy Stewart
• ALL THAT I CAN FIX by Crystal Chan
• RADICAL FOCUS by Christina Wodtke
• RIGHT HO, JEEVES by P.G. Wodehouse
• FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
• MY MAN JEEVES by P.G. Wodehouse
• MAYO CLINIC GUIDE TO YOUR BABY’S FIRST YEAR
• MAYO CLINIC GUIDE TO A HEALTHY PREGNANCY
• YOU ARE THE FRICTION
• PRO GIT by Scott Chacon
• CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS: TOOLS FOR TALKING WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH
• THE EFFECTIVE ENGINEER by Edward Lau
• HOW TO STOP TIME by Matt Haig
• REFACTORING by Robert Martin
• GIRLS & SEX: NAVIGATING THE COMPLICATED NEW LANDSCAPE by Peggy Orenstein
• CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese
• MANAGING HUMANS by Michael Lopp
• THE MANAGER’S PATH by Camille Fournier
• TALKING WITH TECH LEADS by Patrick Kua
• WHISKEY WORDS & A SHOVEL by R H Sin
• PIVOT by Jenny Blake
• THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE by Philip K Dick
• THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS BAD WEATHER by Linda Akeson McGurk
• HAPPINESS, LIKE WATER by Chinelo Okparanta
• THE QUARRY by Iain Banks
• ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman

2017:

• NUTSHELL by Ian McEwan
• THE ALGORITHM DESIGN MANUAL by Steven S. Skiena
• CHILDREN OF TIME by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE by Lisa See
• WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE by Maria Semple
• DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch
• DEAR IJEAWELE, OR A FEMINIST MANIFESTO IN FIFTEEN SUGGESTIONS by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel
• THE BIG SORT by Bill Bishop
• COME AS YOU ARE by Emily Nagoski
• GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn
• FOOL ME ONCE by Harlan Coben
• THE START-UP OF YOU by Reid Hoffman
• THE GIRL BEFORE by Rena Olsen
• DISSOLUTION by C.J. Sansom
• HOUSEBROKEN: ADMISSIONS OF AN UNTIDY LIFE by Laurie Notaro
• DAD IS FAT by Jim Gaffigan
• ANDROMEDA STRAIN by Michael Crichton
• THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood
• HEADSTRONG: 52 WOMEN WHO CHANGED SCIENCE AND THE WORLD by Rachel Swaby
• UNABROW: MISADVENTURES OF A LATE BLOOMER by Una LaMarche
• A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles
• THE KEEP by Jennifer Egan

2016:

• THE DUD AVOCADO by Elaine Dundy
• ADVOCACY by John A Daly
• LADY COP MAKES TROUBLE by Amy Stewart
• THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
• PRIMATES OF PARK AVENUE by Wednesday Martin
• WHAT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO BEFORE BREAKFAST by Laura Vanderkam
• NEUROMANCER by William Gibson
• LET’S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED by Jenny Lawson
• STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
• WHY NOT ME? by Mindy Kaling
• A THOUSAND NAKED STRANGERS by Kevin Hazzard
• WE LIVE IN WATER by Jess Walter
• DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY by Bill Clegg
• BETWEEN YOU & ME: CONFESSIONS OF A COMMA QUEEN by Mary Norris
• I KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT: HOW SUCCESSFUL WOMEN MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR TIME by Laura Vanderkam
• GIRL WAITS WITH GUN by Amy Stewart
• HOPSCOTCH by Julio Cortazar
• PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi
• MAUS II: A SURVIVOR’S TALE: AND HERE MY TROUBLES BEGAN by Art Spiegelman
• PUSH BACK by Amy Tuteur
• MAUS, VOL 1: MY FATHER BLEEDS HISTORY by Art Spiegelman
• PATTERNS IN JAVA, VOLUME 1 by Mark Grand
• THE YEAR OF YES by Shonda Rhimes
• THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
• PAPER GIRLS, VOLUME 1 by Brian Vaughan
• THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEAD by Kevin Brockmeier
• NOT WORKING: PEOPLE TALK ABOUT LOSING A JOB AND FINDING THEIR WAY IN TODAY’S CHANGING ECONOMY by DW Gibson
• BECOMING ODYSSA: EPIC ADVENTURES ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL by Jennifer Pharr Davis
• THE GUTSY GIRL by Caroline Paul
• I WORK AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY by Gina Sheridan
• LADY SUSAN by Jane Austen
• THE LIFE CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo
• THE WELL-SPOKEN WOMAN by Christine K. Jahnke
• BAD FEMINIST by Roxane Gay
• THE FINE ART OF SMALL TALK by Debra Fine
• THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho
• THE OPPOSITE OF SPOILED: RAISING KIDS WHO ARE GROUNDED, GENEROUS, AND SMART ABOUT MONEY by Ron Lieber
• SMART COUPLES FINISH RICH by David Bach
• THE TWO-INCOME TRAP by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi
• THE BOGLEFIELDS GUIDE TO INVESTING by Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf, and Taylor Larimore
• BEAUTY AND MISOGYNY: HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES IN THE WEST by Sheila Jeffreys
• WHAT YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR ISN’T TELLING YOU: THE 10 ESSENTIAL TRUTHS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR MONEY by Liz Davidson
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING LITTLE by Erika Christakis
• MERMAID IN CHELSEA CREEK by Michelle Tea
• ADTs, Data Structures, and Problem Solving with C++ by Larry Nyhoff
• SQL FOR MYSQL DEVELOPERS by Rick F. van der Lans
• THE HAPPINESS PROJECT by Gretchen Rubin
• THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
• BABY CARE ANYWHERE by Ben Spitalnick
• RANDOM FAMILY: LOVE, DRUGS, TROUBLE, AND COMING OF AGE IN THE BRONX by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

2015:

• CONTAGIOUS: WHY THINGS CATCH ON  by Jonah Berger
• BROOKLYN by Colm Tóibín
• THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
• THE ADVANTAGE: WHY ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH TRUMPS EVERYTHING ELSE IN BUSINESS by Patrick Lencioni
• BRINGING UP BEBE: ONE AMERICAN MOTHER DISCOVERS THE WISDOM OF FRENCH PARENTING by Pamela Druckerman
• MWF SEEKING BFF: MY YEARLONG SEARCH FOR A NEW BEST FRIEND by Rachel Bertsche
• ORGANIZED SIMPLICITY: THE CLUTTER-FREE APPROACH TO INTENTIONAL LIVING by Tsh Oxenreider
• DON’T SHOOT THE DOG! THE NEW ART OF TEACHING AND TRAINING by Karen Pryor
• CONFESSIONS OF A SLACKER MOM by Muffy Mead-Ferro
• UNABROW: MISADVENTURES OF A LATE BLOOMER by Una LaMerche
• READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline
• ELAINE’S: THE RISE OF ONE OF NEW YORK’S MOST LEGENDARY RESTAURANTS FROM THOSE WHO WERE THERE by Amy Phillips Penn
• BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER by Amy Chua
• BY BLOOD by Ellen Ullman
• CREATIVITY, INC: OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION by Ed Catmull
• LEARNING IPYTHON FOR INTERACTIVE COMPUTING AND DATA VISUALIZATION by Cyrille Rossant
• PYTHON FOR INFORMATICS by Charles Severance
• MY GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE SHOT ME: A BLACK WOMAN DISCOVERS HER FAMILY’S NAZI PAST by Jennifer Teege
• THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
• BEAUTIFUL CODE: LEADING PROGRAMMERS EXPLAIN HOW THEY THINK by Andy Oram
• DATA SCIENCE FROM SCRATCH: FIRST PRINCIPLES WITH PYTHON by Joel Grus
• LEARNING PYTHON by Mark Lutz
• PYTHON FOR KIDS: A PLAYFUL INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING by Jason R. Briggs
• CLEAN CODE: A HANDBOOK OF AGILE SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIP by Robert C. Martin
• #NEWSFAIL by Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny
• TEACHING WILL: WHAT SHAKESPEARE AND 10 KIDS GAVE ME THAT HOLLYWOOD COULDN’T by Mel Ryane
• UPSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE: MY LIFE WITH THE FIRST LADIES by J.B. West
• HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN & LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK by Adele Faber
• GIRLS LIKE US by Rachel LLoyd
• THE LANGUAGE OF HOUSES by Alison Lurie
• THE MIDDLE-CLASS MILLIONAIRE by Russ Allan Prince
• TALKING BACK TO FACEBOOK by James Steyer
• THE BOY KINGS by Kate Losse
• LEARN PYTHON THE HARD WAY by Zed Shaw
• ALL JOY AND NO FUN: THE PARADOX OF MODERN PARENTHOOD by Jennifer Senior
• GETTING LIFE by Michael Morton
• HITCHHIKING WITH LARRY DAVID by Paul Dolman
• SCIENCE…FOR HER! by Megan Amram (terrible book!)
• WONDER WOMAN UNBOUND by Tim Hanley